"EC" comics is proud to present....
the CHRONICLEs of tom kirk (ABRIDGED).
in a world full of justice leagues, x-men, and TEEN TITANS, not all heroes come from krypton.... tom kirk grew up far from metropolis and gotham city on a bucolic farm in eastern pennsylvania.
where many of his young quaker pals opted for hometown affiliations upon graduation from high school....
they've got great libraries! .... tom's blood was stirred by the siren song of earlham college.
like many young men and women of a bookish inclination, tom succumbed to the visionary zeal of earlham's library guru, evan farber. it was an era of may days and social upheaval...
courseintegrated bibliographic instruction!
.... the dawn of a new life with elizabeth "Betsy" bell walter.
august 1964
earlham graduation, 1965
life progressed; important work was begun.... at home and with family....
february 1968 .... bringing jennifer home from the hospital.
first diaper change, february 1968.
bicycling with cynthia and jennifer, 1972 the earlham pool club (!) .... 1970.
life progressed; important work was begun.... a storied career in librarianship....
wildman science library, where it all began .... science librarian, 1965-1979.
lilly library, the culmination, after 15 years of leadership at berea college and the university of wisconsin parkside.
evan and tom, dynamic duo, 1994.
acrl academic/research librarian of the year, 2004 .... kentucky library association academic librarian of the year, 1991 .... miriam dudley bibliographic instruction librarian, 1984.
tom and betsy in england, summer 2008.